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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper IV: General Studies II · Question 15 of 200

Q15
General ScienceEnvironment & Ecology
The 10% law was provided by
  1. a.Odum
  2. b.Lindemann
  3. c.Tausley
  4. d.Darwin

Answer: (B) Lindemann

Raymond Lindeman (1942) proposed the ten per cent law: only about 10% of the energy at one trophic level passes to the next. Odum is known for ecosystem ecology generally, Tansley coined the term 'ecosystem', and Darwin proposed natural selection.

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